AL5692tx:AL5692tx 8/24/07 3:21 PM Page 1 T EACHER’ S G UIDE ANOTHER FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FROM YOUNG MINDS INSPIRED Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / HBO WHO SHOULD ACTIVITY 1 ESOURCES USE THIS PROGRAM MANIFEST DESTINY – THEN & NOW R This program has been designed Photocopy this list of resources to help students CURRICULUM CONNECTION: This activity examines the role of manifest destiny in for high school and college U.S. with their research. History classes. Please share it the 19th-century displacement of American Indians and in subsequent U.S. domestic and Dear Educator: with other teachers as foreign policy. BOOKS appropriate. Review the material on the activity sheet detailing the role of manifest destiny – the ✜ Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of The heartrending story of the U.S. government's campaign to achieve the attempted subjugation and cultural extermination of the Sioux offers concept that the United States has a “god-given and self-evident right” to dominion of the the American West, by Dee Brown, Owl Books (30th students fertile ground for an honest examination of the building of the American nation—as well as thought-provoking parallels to our world today. Never has PROGRAM continent from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast – in justifying the attempted Anniversary Edition), 2001 (orig. pub. 1970) this tragic tale been told as powerfully and realistically as in the new HBO Films® movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Following its premiere on COMPONENTS ✜ Black Elk Speaks, by John G. Neihardt, Bison Books, 2004 subjugation of American Indians and their displacement from their traditional tribal lands. May 27, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee received 17 Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, to become the most-nominated ✜ This teacher’s guide. ✜ Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations, by Assign students individually or in groups to research events and individuals from the film primetime program of 2007. Now this landmark television event is available on DVD. ✜ Two reproducible student featured on the reproducible sheet. Lead a class discussion about their discoveries in light Charles Wilkinson, W.W. Norton & Company, 2005 ✜ Based on historian Dee Brown’s important and acclaimed work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee gives students the American Indian perspective on activities. of the questions at the bottom of the sheet, focusing on how the theory of manifest destiny I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez ✜ A colorful wall poster is reflected in events taking place in the world today, including the war in Iraq and the Perce War, by Merrill D. Beal, University of Washington “the winning of the West,” revealing the personal conflicts and crises of identity behind the political struggle, and how the goal of cultural assimilation can Press, 1966 depicting themes of Bury My current status of Indian Nations. become a threat of attempted cultural extermination. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee tells this story from two unique perspectives—those of “assimilated” ✜ In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, by Peter Matthiessen, Heart at Wounded Knee. EXTENSION: Inform students that, at the time of its publication in 1970, the revela- Sioux doctor Charles Eastman, who confronts the reality of the dire conditions on the reservations, and Sitting Bull, the proud Lakota Sioux chief who fights ✜ A reply card for your Penguin (reprint ed.), 1992 (orig. pub. 1983) tions of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee had a powerful influence on an American ✜ fervently to resist the government’s efforts to strip his people of their land, identity, and dignity. important feedback. Lakota Woman, by Mary Crow Dog, Harper Perennial public that was protesting the Vietnam War. Have them choose one of the following (reissue ed.), 1991 (orig. pub. 1990) This study guide, developed by the curriculum specialists at Young Minds Inspired (YMI) and made possible by HBO, is designed to enrich your subjects for their research: ✜ PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The Nations Within: The Past and Future of American students’ viewing of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and connect that experience to issues our nation confronts today and to the current experience of the ✜ The U.S. government’s decision that American Indians ought to be farmers, as it was a Indian Sovereignty, by Vine Deloria, Jr., University of Texas ✜ To explore the concept of 563 Indian Nations that thrive in the United States. The guide includes a background activity on manifest destiny, the concept used to justify the brutal better way of life. Press: Reissue Edition (1998) manifest destiny. displacement of American Indians in the 19th century, and a research activity that explores the state of American Indians today. In both activities, students ✜ U.S. government reports vs. the statistical facts about epidemic on the reservations. ✜ The Trail of Tears: The Story of the American Indian ✜ To make connections consider parallels between our past and current U.S. world policy and examine the current challenges faced by Indian Nations in the 21st century. ✜ Manifest destiny and its impact on the cultural identity and the sovereign status of Removals, 1813-1855, by Gloria Jahoda, Wings between this period in U.S. You and your students do not need to see Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee to use these activities, but viewing the film will enhance student understanding. Indian Nations today. (reprint ed.), 1995 (orig. pub. 1975) history and contemporary ✜ Ask students to consider their own view of Indian Nations in the modern age and how Feel free to make photocopies of these materials and share them with your colleagues. As a former teacher, I encourage you to take advantage of this world events. WEB SITES their view relates to Indian Country’s current situation. unique opportunity to explore a compelling period of American history while helping students forge connections that link the past to their lives today. ✜ To gain a clearer ✜ www.hbo.com/films/burymyheart For Sincerely, understanding of the state of ACTIVITY 2 interviews, production footage, background, and to American Indians today. download the HBO Films podcast. AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ✜ www.csulb.edu/~aisstudy/nae/zindex.html CURRICULUM CONNECTION: This activity explores the state of American Indians HOW TO USE THE American Historical Images on File: The Native American Roberta Nusim TEACHER’S GUIDE AND today and how the policies of the federal government toward Indian Nations during the time Experience; from California State University, Long Beach. Publisher and former teacher POSTER of the Wounded Knee massacre continue to have an effect on Indian Nations in the 21st ✜ www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/native. Review and schedule the two century. Similar to the portrayal of Charles Eastman, who struggles to retain his cultural html Resources on Native American history, by region; activities into your lesson plans, identity and traditions as he is assimilated into the modern “white world,” in HBO Films’ from the University of Washington Libraries. ✜ and photocopy them for students. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, American Indians continue to struggle to preserve their http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/ Photocopy the Resources list in cultures, traditions, and languages, some of which have been lost in the last 150 years. curthome.html Edward S. Curtis’ Photographs of the North American Indian; from the Library of Congress. this guide and distribute it to Federal policy toward Indian Nations was both hostile and complex during the formative ✜ www.NCAI.org National Congress of American Indians, students to aid in their research. years of the United States. This acitvity briefly examines the time periods following the the representative Congress of Indian Nations working to Display the poster in a prominent Removal, Reservation, and Treaty Period (1828-1887), focusing on the Allotment and protect and preserve tribal sovereignty and lifeways. location to promote and engage Assimilation Period (1887-1934), the Indian Reorganization Period (1934-1945), and the Information about contemporary issues facing American student interest. Termination Period (1945-1968). The activity concludes with an in-depth assessment of the Indian and Alaska Native communities. Self-Determination Period (1968-Present) that will allow students to evaluate how the policies ✜ www.nmai.si.edu National Museum of the American STANDARDS that the federal government has enacted over time have shaped Indian Nations today. Indian; from the Smithsonian. ALIGNMENT ✜ Have students break into groups and assign each group one of the time periods noted on www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/ This program aligns with McREL AmericanIndian_History.htm Sources on American the activity sheet. Each group should research and report briefly on the American Indian standards in U.S. History. Indian History and Culture; from the Smithsonian. experience during the assigned time period, and specifically describe the state of both For details, please visit ✜ www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/native/ www.ymiteacher.com/ American Indians and the Indian Nations. Conclude with a class discussion on issues dawes.htm Online text of the Dawes Act (1887); from burymyheartstandards. relevant to American Indians today, which include: economic status, education, health care, the Avalon Project at Yale Law School. html. and traditional languages. (Links to information on these topics are available at www.ncai.org.) ✜ www.ymiteacher.com To download more copies of EXTENSION: Suggest that students choose one of the 563 federally recognized tribes this and other free programs. within the United States today and research their current status. What is their economy like? The above resources are not affiliated with HBO. What are their schools like? Do they maintain their traditional practices? What roles do they play in modern society? What is their current status with the federal government? What does Sovereignty mean? YOUNG MINDS INSPIRED Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / HBO ® © 2007 Home Box Office, Inc.